Monsoon Wedding (30-Aug-2001)
Director: Mira Nair Writer: Sabrina Dhawan Music by: Mychael Danna Producers: Caroline Baron; Mira Nair Keywords: Bollywood Traditional culture clashes with latter-day norms during preparations for an arranged Indian marriage.
ABSTRACT Indian-born Hermant Rai, living in Houston, readies himself for an arranged marriage to Aditi Verma of Delhi. The ceremony is arranged by overbearing Verma family patriarch Lalit, who desires to see his daughter marry his hand-picked suitor despite only knowing him for a few weeks; further complications arise with each member of the Verma camp's concerns and the family maid's burgeoning romance with their hired "wedding contractor", as old ways clash with the realities of modern society.
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CAST Naseeruddin Shah | ... Lalit Verma | Lillete Dubey | ... Pimmi Verma | Shefali Shetty | ... Ria Verma | Vijay Raaz | ... P. K. Dube | Tillotama Shome | ... Alice | Vasundhara Das | ... Aditi Verma | Parvin Dabas | ... Hemant Rai | Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... C. L. Chadha | Kamini Khanna | ... Shashi Chadha | Rajat Kapoor | ... Tej Puri | Neha Dubey | ... Ayesha Verma | Kemaya Kidwai | ... Aliya Verma | Ishaan Nair | ... Varun Verma | Randeep Hooda | ... Rahul Chadha | | and | Roshan Seth | ... Mohan Rai | Soni Razdan | ... Saroj Rai | | Sameer Arya | ... Vikram Mehta | Rahul Vohra | ... Uday Verma | Natasha Rastogi | ... Sona Verma | Vimla Bhushan | ... Veena Verma | Ira Pandey | ... Vijaya Puri | Dibyendu Bhattacharya | ... Lottery | Deepak Kumar Bandhu | ... Tameez-Ud-Din | Pankaj Jha | ... Yadav | Mohini Mathur | ... Old Mother | Sharda Desohras | ... P. K.Dubey's Mother | Rumaan Kidwai | ... Jibesh | Sahira Nair | ... Vandana | Urvashi Nair | ... Leena | Ram Kapur | ... Shelly | Jas Arora | ... Umang Chadha | Rajiv Gupta | ... Cop 1 | Shubro Bhattacharya | ... Cop 2 | Rajeev Suri | ... Golfer | Vikram Nair | ... Golfer | Rajeev Bal | ... Golfer | Raman Chawla | ... Talk Show Panelist #1 | Milan Moudgill | ... Talk Show Panelist #2 | Himani Dehlvi | ... Talk Show Panelist #3 | Nishi Singh Bhadli | ... Dubbist | Neelu Khanna | ... Talk Show Assistant | Motilal Khare | ... Saree Salesman | Paritosh Sand | ... Jai Chand | Ambar B. Capoor | ... Photographer | Renuka | ... Woman in the Rain | Inderjit B. | ... Foxtrotting Couple | Reena Singh | ... Foxtrotting Couple | Madan Bala Sindhu | ... Featured Punjabi Singer | Rekha | ... Featured Solo Singer | Nilambari Chintamani | ... Tuppa Girl | Gita Chopra | ... Tuppa Girl | Priya Chopra | ... Tuppa Girl | Sabrina Dhawan | ... Tuppa Girl | Rimlu Gyani | ... Tuppa Girl | Mitva Krishen | ... Tuppa Girl | Jyotsana Laroiya | ... Tuppa Girl | Lavanya Prabhu | ... Tuppa Girl | Veetu Mehta | ... Tuppa Girl | Aparna Sarin | ... Tuppa Girl | Chitvan Singh | ... Tuppa Girl | Sonali Singh | ... Tuppa Girl |
REVIEWS Review by Michael Lesch (posted on 10-Jul-2009) Mira Nair's excellent and very original "Monsoon Wedding" was an absolute triumph for this viewer. I was extremely impressed by the multiple sub-plots which were written as simple stories yet packed a wallop when meshed into the rewarding finale. This served as a somewhat naive introduction to modern Indian culture via cinema but followed the dual language dialog with subtitles (of note were a little shabby) and enjoyed this zesty celebration of life and love. Very funny moments coupled cleverly with extremely serious matters in other quite delicate/risqué scenes - really captured the duality method of storytelling this most welcome to see in realistic comedy/dramas. My only reservation, albeit a slight one, was with some of the actors performances which weak and almost amateurish. Not in the case to of the key/lead roles but some of the supporting/minor characters. Otherwise a sweet and tremendous film experience!
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